Administer Human Resource Policy Essay

1. Recruitment refers to the process of finding right people for the right job or function, usually undertaken by recruiters.

It also may be undertaken by an employment agency or a member of staff at the business or organization looking for recruits.

Advertising is commonly part of the recruiting process, and can occur through several means: through online, newspapers, using newspaper dedicated to job advertisement, through professional publication, using advertisements placed in windows, through a job center, through campus graduate recruitment programs, etc.

Headhunting is a frequently used name when referring to third party recruiters, but there are significant differences. In general, a company would employ a head-hunter when the normal recruitment efforts have failed to provide a viable candidate for the job. Head-hunters are generally more aggressive than in-house recruiters and will use, advanced sales techniques such as initially posing as clients to generate names of employees and their positions and personally visiting candidate offices. Many companies go to great efforts to make it difficult for head-hunters to locate their employees.

Third party recruitment firms are usually distinguished by the method in which they bill a company. Outside recruitment agencies charge a placement fee when the candidate they recruited has accepted a job with the company that has agreed to pay the fee. Fees of these agencies generally range from a straight contingency fee to a fully retained service which is similar to placing an attorney on retainer. All recruitment agencies are defined by the placement of a candidate to a particular job within a company.

Recruiting someone externally has its advantages.   They are as follows;

1. He/She can bring in new ideas and external contacts to the firm
2. Is able to meet rapid growth needs
3. Can eliminate political infighting over a promotion

There are also disadvantages as well in recruiting externally....